Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for employees

May 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co stated on Wednesday it will reimburse travel expenses for its full- and part-time workers who have to journey to a different state for health care providers, together with abortions.

The attire firm greatest known for its denims is the most recent U.S. firm to supply the profit as numerous states clamp down on entry to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court appears set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, in keeping with a leaked preliminary draft majority opinion printed by Politico on Monday. learn extra

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"Given what is at stake, business leaders must make their voices heard and act to protect the well being and well-being of our staff. Meaning defending reproductive rights," the company mentioned in a press release.

Different corporations have pledged to supply related help to their U.S. employees who need to journey out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted access to abortion providers.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. personal employer, on Monday told workers it is going to pay as much as $4,000 in journey expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical treatments, amongst them elective abortions. learn extra

Crowd-sourced assessment platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) stated it'll begin in Could to cover expenses for its employees and their dependents who need to journey to a different state for abortion services. learn extra

One of the leading Hollywood expertise companies, UTA, said it will reimburse journey expenses related to receiving girls's reproductive health providers that aren't accessible in an employee's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to help the suitable to choose that has been a bedrock of settled law for nearly half a century," Jeremy Zimmer, UTA's chief government, wrote in a employees memo Wednesday that was seen by Reuters.

Citigroup Inc (C.N) turned in March the primary main U.S. financial institution to make a similar commitment. read extra

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Reporting by Doyinsola Oladipo; Dawn Chmielewski in Los Angeles; Modifying by Anna Driver, Alexandra Hudson, Kirsten Donovan

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